Personally, I don't dislike Alia and I enjoyed the movies - except Gangubai - I watched with her which wasn't because of her but with her as she had strong co-actors (strong to me).
I loath Karan for what he did with Alia (and now with others, too)...I guess, with another 'mentor' or best without a mentor she may have improved as she really showed serious talent already in her second movie (Highway). In my thinking, he really tried to form an actress according to his imagination and without him, the term "nepotism" would - maybe - not play that role he gave to it (Kangana wasn't wrong when she accused him).
I don't know what happened after 2010 with him but it wasn't for the better for the Hindi filmindustry, imo.
SRK likes what Alia has to offer when really invested in something... that's why he co-produced Darlings as one of his Netflix movies (which always have interesting topics)...and Alia could hold her position as actress in the ensemble cast. Imo, she has potential but I feel that the self-centered yet insecure part of her character got the upperhand (with KJo's 'help' and through messed-up PR).
I don't know how much she is already at a point of 'no-return'...maybe she should look out for a Dr. Jehangir Khan to make her find the woman and actress she could be...

but recently I was going around schools and colleges for some work related thing and I came across a group of class 7th students teasing a girl calling her nepo nepo over n over I intervened so she told me it was coz her name was Alia, imagine the ground level "popularity" she commands 

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